You are 100% correct about what are called neighborhood nannies. In Virginia Beach
on the beach front property I was talked to by two old ladies who owned huge
newly remodeled homes on the Chesapeake bay. They were complaining about their neighbor
rebuilding their home into a larger house that was about the same size as theirs.
They started a petition to stop the building through the city counsel, and lost big time.
I gave them a talking to and they shut up about it, but still did the petition.
They came after my home with a petition also because it was rezoned for a larger residence,
and they had zero reason to do this. They lost that also. But they only need
to win one time to set precedence for future petitions.
You can bet they are in every neighborhood. Most of the time they are friendly little old ladies
who love to chat you up. What they are really doing is gathering information against you
for future use should the opportunity arise. And since they love to chat, just listen to their words and you'll know.
Kind of sad. I don’t interact with my neighbors much anymore. It is not just your old ladies with a lot of time on their hands but other people who feel they represent “society” and want to protect “society”.
I live in a townhouse complex, been here for 17 years. I have been thinking of selling my place and move somewhere else but if I was doing much better financially, I would have done it. Due to a restraining order, I am not allowed to use the pool/tennis courts and not allowed to “show my face” except at the mailbox and to drive between the main road and my unit. This is due to a run-in I had with an out of state police officer, a bull dyke lesbian living with a different woman. And the restraining order is from the officer’s home state which got registered here. Good thing they moved away a couple of months ago but I tried to get the order rescinded but to no avail. I also had a run-in with some corporate executive the prior summer who moved into the neighborhood for a short time after he got divorced and the officer knew about the run-in too. I also gotten anonymous complaint letters on things like my old pickup truck, my motorcycle and my 13 year old skateboarding/riding bike here.
When the lesbian couple moved out, the officer already left and went back home. I was walking to my mailbox and saw a man who was doing work at the property and I asked some questions related to the property thinking he was the landlord or his agent. He told me that he knew the court order and I was strongly advised by him to keep moving and not show my face and I would be reported. He mentioned he was the other woman’s (estranged) husband.
Unfortunately these type of people are getting more prevalent in our society too and they voted for Obama. In some ways I like to move someplace where I can pee outside the backdoor and no one can see me and care. I am sure other folks here had various run-ins with these type of a-holes too.
> You can bet they are in every neighborhood. Most of the time they are friendly little old ladies who love to chat you up. What they are really doing is gathering information against you for future use should the opportunity arise. And since they love to chat, just listen to their words and you’ll know.